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Silver Islet : striking it rich in Lake Superior / Elinor Barr

Author
Barr, Elinor, 1933-
Published
Toronto : Natural Heritage/Natural History, [1988]
Copyright Date
©1988
Physical Description
159 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm.

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Contents
UNDERWATER OF ALL PLACES: Thomas Macfarlane 1834-1907 -- A promising vein -- All hands to Silver Islet -- Fishing through the ice for ore -- A COMPANY TOWN A WORKING MINE: William Bell Frue 1830-1881 -- Fifty-eight immigrants -- Earning Frue a bonus -- Claimjumper -- Of mines and mining men -- An image of permanence -- Under management's thumb -- The sinking of the shaft -- Industry in transition -- The end of an era -- A QUARTER OF A MILE UNDERGROUND: Richard Trethewey 1835-1888 -- A search for new directions -- Bonanza at last -- Life and death matters -- Countdown time.
Summary
Profiles of : Thomas Macfarlane ; William Bell Frue ; Richard Trethewey.
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ISBN
0920474411
9780920474419
0969171714
9780969171713
Bibliography Note
Includes bibliographical references (pages 145-146) and index.
Source of Acquisition
Earth &Mineral Sciences copy: Purchased with funds from the Kenneth & Marion Pollock Libraries Program Endowment; 2011.
Endowment Note
Kenneth and Marion Pollock Libraries Program Endowment
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